Fertility Rate: Uruguay
Uruguay's fertility rate is currently 1.397 births per woman as of 2024. # Uruguay Fertility Rate Uruguay's fertility rate stands at 1.
Current (2024)
1.397 births per woman
-0.9% y/y
Peak (1975)
3.017 births per woman
Low (2024)
1.397 births per woman
Source
World Bank World Development Indicators
1960–2024 · 65 pts
Fertility Rate — Uruguay
1960 — 2024
Fertility Rate — Uruguay
Analysis# Uruguay Fertility Rate
Uruguay's fertility rate stands at 1.397 births per woman in 2024, marking the lowest point in the country's recorded history. This represents a dramatic decline from the peak of 3.017 births per woman in 1975—a 53.6% drop spanning nearly five decades. Since 1960, Uruguay's fertility rate has fallen 50.6%, reflecting profound shifts in family planning, women's workforce participation, and reproductive choices across the nation.
The steepest decline occurred between 2015 and 2024, when the fertility rate dropped from 2.041 to 1.397 births per woman. This nine-year period demonstrates an accelerating trend toward smaller families, with consistent annual decreases every single year. Uruguay now sits well below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman, positioning the country among the world's lowest fertility rates and signaling continued demographic aging in the coming decades.
Historical Data
65 Rows| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.397 births per woman | -0.85% |
| 2023 | 1.409 births per woman | -1.12% |
| 2022 | 1.425 births per woman | -1.45% |
| 2021 | 1.446 births per woman | -3.41% |
| 2020 | 1.497 births per woman | -4.47% |
| 2019 | 1.567 births per woman | -6.78% |
| 2018 | 1.681 births per woman | -7.84% |
| 2017 | 1.824 births per woman | -7.22% |
| 2016 | 1.966 births per woman | -3.67% |
| 2015 | 2.041 births per woman | +0.74% |
| 2014 | 2.026 births per woman | -0.39% |
| 2013 | 2.034 births per woman | +1.09% |
| 2012 | 2.012 births per woman | +1.26% |
| 2011 | 1.987 births per woman | -1.19% |
| 2010 | 2.011 births per woman | -0.35% |
| 2009 | 2.018 births per woman | -0.59% |
| 2008 | 2.03 births per woman | -0.88% |
| 2007 | 2.048 births per woman | -1.06% |
| 2006 | 2.07 births per woman | -1.29% |
| 2005 | 2.097 births per woman | +0.19% |
Show all 65 rows
| Year | Value | Change % |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2.093 births per woman | -1.09% |
| 2003 | 2.116 births per woman | -2.04% |
| 2002 | 2.16 births per woman | -0.05% |
| 2001 | 2.161 births per woman | -1.59% |
| 2000 | 2.196 births per woman | -2.31% |
| 1999 | 2.248 births per woman | -1.01% |
| 1998 | 2.271 births per woman | -2.45% |
| 1997 | 2.328 births per woman | -1.52% |
| 1996 | 2.364 births per woman | -1.54% |
| 1995 | 2.401 births per woman | -0.99% |
| 1994 | 2.425 births per woman | +0.71% |
| 1993 | 2.408 births per woman | -0.99% |
| 1992 | 2.432 births per woman | -0.90% |
| 1991 | 2.454 births per woman | -0.93% |
| 1990 | 2.477 births per woman | -0.84% |
| 1989 | 2.498 births per woman | -0.20% |
| 1988 | 2.503 births per woman | +0.68% |
| 1987 | 2.486 births per woman | +0.65% |
| 1986 | 2.47 births per woman | +0.00% |
| 1985 | 2.47 births per woman | -0.04% |
| 1984 | 2.471 births per woman | -0.60% |
| 1983 | 2.486 births per woman | -1.04% |
| 1982 | 2.512 births per woman | -0.87% |
| 1981 | 2.534 births per woman | -2.16% |
| 1980 | 2.59 births per woman | -4.46% |
| 1979 | 2.711 births per woman | -4.17% |
| 1978 | 2.829 births per woman | -2.41% |
| 1977 | 2.899 births per woman | -3.53% |
| 1976 | 3.005 births per woman | -0.40% |
| 1975 | 3.017 births per woman | +2.03% |
| 1974 | 2.957 births per woman | +3.57% |
| 1973 | 2.855 births per woman | +2.62% |
| 1972 | 2.782 births per woman | +0.54% |
| 1971 | 2.767 births per woman | -0.18% |
| 1970 | 2.772 births per woman | +0.11% |
| 1969 | 2.769 births per woman | -0.07% |
| 1968 | 2.771 births per woman | -0.47% |
| 1967 | 2.784 births per woman | -1.24% |
| 1966 | 2.819 births per woman | -0.74% |
| 1965 | 2.84 births per woman | -0.80% |
| 1964 | 2.863 births per woman | -0.73% |
| 1963 | 2.884 births per woman | +0.63% |
| 1962 | 2.866 births per woman | +0.70% |
| 1961 | 2.846 births per woman | +0.67% |
| 1960 | 2.827 births per woman | — |
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